Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 22 FEB 2005 |
| Time: | 13:43 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | MAF PNG - Missionary Aviation Fellowship |
| Registration: | P2-MFQ |
| C/n / msn: | 174 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 13 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Wobegon (Papua New Guinea)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tabubil Airport (TBG), Papua New Guinea |
| Bimin Airport (BIZ), Papua New Guinea |
Crashed in the mountains of western Papua New Guinea while attempting to land at Bimin's runway 29. Both pilots died in the accident. The survivors were able to walk to the village. Bimin has a single grassed gray gavel airstrip with 1723 feet of landing distance. It can only be used in one direction for landing (29) and takeoff (11) because it has a 10 degrees slope. Field elevation is 5758 feet. Air crews are being cautioned for turbulence and downdrafts on finals.
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tabubil Airport to Bimin Airport as the crow flies is 87 km (55 miles).
Distance from Tabubil Airport to Bimin Airport as the crow flies is 87 km (55 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
